Discuss 2 or more explanations for the success and/or failure of dieting (9 + 16).

Restraint theory Attempting to not eat actually increases eating
Boundary model by Herman and Polivy (1984) dieters stop eating before satiety boundry.
AO2 Restraint and overeating HERMAN & MACK 1975 – preload / taste test paradigm
Gave participants (dieters and non dieters) a pre-load food either high or low calorie
Participants then told they are taking part in a taste preference test.
Participants are left alone to do taste test in own time. Key factor is how much they eat.
RESULT – dieters ate more in taste test if they had high calorie preload because they haven't had high calorie food in a long time. once they have broken their diet, they might as well carry on
White bear study Wegner at al (1987) Asked some participants to NOT…

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